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 Shinsei Industry VF-11D Thunder Focus

Technical Data

Equipment Type: UNS/UNSAF main variable fighter
Unofficial Codename: Thunder Focus
Government: civilian
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry
Operational Deployment: November 2058
Accommodation: two seats for pilot plus passenger (with retractable four-piece canopy cover in Battroid mode) featuring a secondary transparent spherical canopy for the rear seat
Dimensions:
  • Battroid Mode: height 12.92 meters
  • Fighter Mode: wingspan 11.2 meters; height 3.49 meters; length 16.02 meters
  • GERWALK Mode: wingspan 11.2 meters
    • Mass: unknown
    Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor
    Power Plant: two Two Shinsei Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2025G thermonuclear turbine engines
    Propulsion: 28,500 kg [x g] x 2 (280.0 kN x 2); 2 x vertical two-dimensional vectored exhaust nozzles; 2 x dorsal auxiliary thruster pods; many x P&W HMM-5B high-maneuverability vernier thrusters
    Performance:
  • Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 3.5+; at 30,000+ m Mach 8.2; max rate of climb at S/L 28,500 meters/minute
    • g limit: +22.0/- 14.5
    Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry sweep (VG) wing; canard forward wing; vertical Take-off and landing (VTOL); supersonic cruise and maneuvering in region of Mach 2.8+ below the stratosphere; two-dimensional thrust vectoring; improved waist joint system; anti-projectile (bulletproof) shield; head-turret-mounted main sensor system and rear camera; retractable four-piece canopy cover (for Battroid mode); head-turret-mounted main sensor system and rear camera; 4 x conformal sensors (mounted within the main airframe's forward edge, behind canard wings, just above the air intakes); enhanced navigational equipment; secondary cockpit canopy within main canopy (for rear seat only); 3 x special wide cameras (mounted to the rear of the cockpit canopy)
    - Armament -
    Guns:
  • 1 x standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield (mounted center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode, mounted on arm in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
  • 1 x fixed fighter-carried pin-point barrier system
    • Bombs & Missiles:
  • none
    • Optional Equipment:
  • 1 x GCU-03 Custom Camera Pod with directional-communications system (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, becomes head turret in Battroid mode)

    • Description and History

    The VF-11D Thunder Focus is a modified airframe built for racing journalism based on the double-seat training variant of the VF-11 Thunderbolt. The Thunder Focus has no armament but instead features the large-sized GCU-03 Custom Camera Pod that serves as both a powerful directional-communications system and possesses the super-long distance photography capabilities equal to a military force-reconnaissance craft. Additionally, the Thunder Focus is equipped with an A.I. model specialized for instant news editing and has the broadcasting station capabilities matching those of a small immigration ship. As a result, the craft is often referred to as 'The moving studio'. Because the Thunder Focus lacks the thrust performance to match advanced variable fighters (AVF) or similar craft, it uses a custom Super pack depending on the mission. The VF-11D Thunder Focus is operated by reporter Rose Guryunesilt (and piloted by D Aviori) covering the famous Vanquish Race of 2058.

    NOTE: All colored art featured in this profile is fan-made custom work created by modifying the original line art drawn by Shoji Kawamori. The original VF-11D Thunder Focus is a custom-made plastic model built by KuWa (FRAMEOUT Models) for the Macross The Ride project in 2011. Because the VF-11D Thunder Focus is a fan favorite I built this special profile. The only official line art is the uncolored VF-11D Special cockpit drawn by Kazutaka Miyatake.

    Production Notes

    Debut: never animated, appears as a custom-made plastic model photographed within Macross The Ride Visual Book Vol. 2 (published 2011)
    Pilot(s): Rose Guryunesilt, D Aivori
    Other appearances: none
    Original mechanical designer: KuWa (FRAMEOUT Models), based upon an original design by Shoji Kawamori, Kazutaka Miyatake (cockpit)

    Line Art

  • cockpit exterior/interior details
    • Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
    Images From - Macross R The Ride Visual Book Vol. 2 (published 2011) and other macross books
    C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist